Waggle Dance Performed by a Sleep-deprived Bee

This movie spotlights one waggle dance by a forager that had been sleep-deprived the previous night. The average dance angle of this dance is superimposed over the dancer and variance around this angle indicates imprecision of signaling direction information. In other words, sleepless bees don't signal the location of food as well as fully rested bees. Credit: Dr. Barrett Klein at pupating.org. See the related article at:

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Science & Technology

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• honey bee
• waggle dance
• entomology
• sleep
• communication
• insomnia